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“World and Asian football lovers will watch today’s game and I hope we will see an interesting and fair game, so that all the football lovers enjoy,” said Jahangiri in a meeting with President of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa while referring to the …

Iranian Ambassador to Hungary Gholam-Ali Rajabi-Yazdi and President of the Hungarian Volleyball Federation Ferenc Kovács in the meeting explored avenues for cooperation in sports, especially in the field of volleyball.During the meeting, the Iranian envoy submitted to his host an invitation letter from President of the Islamic Republic of Iran …

On Thursday night, Iranian and Russian teams competed in the Intercontinental Cup tournament in the UAE, where Iranian side gained a valuable 3-2 victory.The Iranian and Russian teams, that had already finalized their semi-final presence with two former consecutive victories, met for the top rank of their group.Brazil and Russia …

Another Iranian representative Reza Biralvand with 393 kg in total bagged the bronze medal of the same weight category.The 2017 world champion Ali Hashemi with 179 kg in snatch, 217 kg in clean and jerk and 396 kg in total took the first place in the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships …

Iranian squad scored eight goals, thus defeating the Lebanese rival.During the match, Samaneh Chahkandi scored two, Zahra Ghanbari scored three, Hajar Dabaghi scored two and Melika Motevali scored one goals. 9376**1420Follow us on twitter @IrnaEnglish www.irna.ir

Moradi successfully lifted 186 kilograms in the snatch before hoisting 230 kilograms in the clean and jerk which smashed the world’s record, winning three gold medals in the snatch and clean and jerk and the combined event.On the seventh day of the 2018 World Championship Competitions, Sohrab Moradi won gold …

Iran's beach soccer team faced with US in the first match of the UAE's 2018 Intercontinental Cup and ended up with a strong 8: 1 lead.Iran's goals in this match were scored by Mohammad Moradi (two goals) and Muslim Meiger, Mohammad Ahmadzadeh, Mostafa Kiani, Ali Mirshekari, Mohammad Masoumizadeh and Amir …

The athletes that rank first, second, or third in the Olympics, world competitions, Asian competitions will be exempted from military service, according to an announcement issued by the public relations office of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran on Tuesday. The previous law …

The second leg of the ACL final match will be held between Iranian team Perspolis and Japan's Kashima Antlers on November 10.During the first leg, Perspolis was overpowered by Japanese rival 2-0.Heavyweight Persepolis club of Iran after a breathtaking game agianst Qatari Al-Saad advanced to the final of the AFC …

Pavel Luzanov and Shin Man Gil will arrive in the Iranian capital city of Tehran within next hours to prepare for the second leg of ACL finals. Other AFC executives and the referees will arrive in the weekend. The AFC president Sheikh Salman Bin Ibrahim is also slated to attend …